Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade by Maurie D. McInnis

Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade

Maurie D. McInnis

280 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging slow-paced
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In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings, including the cu...

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